Fence



` of the town of Dora, in the county of `Wabash- STATES ooLUMBUs'EgWILsoN, QE'DQRA, rumana. l 'f 'FlariciajV j' SPECIFICATION forming par; of Letters PatensN. ssaezgfaafed May 8.1888. f

I I Application filed February 29, 1,888.' l `Serial No. 265,656. (No model.)

TU LZZ whom it may concern; f

Be it known that I, COLUMBUS E. WILsoN-,l

and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear,` and exact description o f the invention,which` will enable others skilled in the art to which it y appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,

which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in fences, and more particularly to that peculiar class of fences known as worm or zigzagJ7 The object of my invention is to provide an extremely simple anddurable fence, which can. be simply and easily built and will require a minimum quantity of material and labor, the panels and rails of the fence being locked and bound together by means of upright posts, binding-wires, and locking or tightening-rails or levers.

With these ends in view my invention consists in certain novel features in construction and combinations of parts, more fully described hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the catesthe horizontal rails of the fence, the pan- I l together.

In constructing the fence thehorizontal rails Vtop rail D of the panel, to which the beforener, with each-end `resting Y upon and' projecting beyond a rail of the adjoining panels or sections, and'when the vertical series of ythe panels have been, completed a post or brace B yis placed in each obtuse angle formed by theY intersecting panels. n These posts or braces can j be ofy any odds or ends leftover fromcutting` the rails'intothe right lengths for the fence,

that on ,which the post is placed.` rIhe wire'is then passed beneath the projected end of the mentioned bottom rail belongs, and rearwardly over L,the top rail, D', of the, adjoining panel,

around the upper portion of the post or brace at that angle, and over the upper face of the first-mentioned top or locking rail D to the opposite side of the fence, from thence back again around the under side of said rail to the side of the fence with the post, and the free end of the wire is then passed downwardly, and is looped around orotherwise irmly secured to, preferably, the third rail from the top of longs.`

The top or locking-lever rail is in the position shown in dot-ted lines in Fig. 2, with its free end resting onv the ground, vor otherwisesuitablysupported,when the binding-Wire the panel to which the locking-rail beis being placed in position, and when it is de- 5c are rst placed `in position in the usual manwith the binding-wires, give the fence more Ico rigidity and firmness than has heretofore been l 3. In a worm or zigzag fence, the combinathe case with that class of worm-fences which are simply lockedtogether by a binding-wire and locking-rail.

1. The herein described worm or zigzag fence, consisting of the horizontal rails forming the intersecting panels, upright posts placed in each inner angle at the ends and on opposite sides of the panel, and binding-Wires securing the rails and panels together and firmly clamping the upright posts against the rails and into the angles, as set forth.

2. In a worm or zigzag fence, the combina tion of the rails forming the intersecting panels, an upright post or brace located in each inner angle formed by the intersecting panels, binding-wires to clamp the rails together and secure the posts or braces in the angles, and a locking-lever rail in each panel adapted to twist the wire at one end of the panel and thus firmly lock the panels and upright post t0- 'gether, substantially as described.

tion of the horizontal rails forming the interz 5 seating panels, an upright post or brace 1ocated in each obtuse angle formed by the intersecting panels, a binding-wire securing the panels and upright post together at such an. gle, said binding-wire being secured at one end 3o to the lower portion of the post, from thence passing upwardly in the angle on the opposite side of the fence, and from thence passed back around the post, and being secured to one of the rails near the top, and a locking-lever rail in 35 each panel adapted to twist the wire at one end of the panel and thus rmly bind the post and panels together, substantially as described.

l In testimony that I claim the foregoingas my own invention I aix my signature in presence 1: of two witnesses.

COLUMBUS E. VILSON.

Witnesses:

WARREN BIGLER, JOHN H. DroKEN. 

